L-theanine administration results in neuroprotection and prevents glutamate receptor agonist-mediated injury in the rat model of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1282-1287

  Zukhurova, Mavdzhuda ^a   Prosvirnina, Maria ^a   Daineko, Anastasia ^a   Simanenkova, Anna ^a   Petrishchev, Nikolay ^a,b   Sonin, Dmitry ^a,b   Galagudza, Michael ^a,b   Shamtsyan, Mark ^c   Juneja, Lekh R ^d   Vlasov, Timur ^a,b  

^a PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d TAIYO KAGAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

brain ischemia; L theanine; neuroprotection; rat; reperfusion

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; THEANINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; INTRASTRIATAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL DEFICIT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; RATTUS;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; L-THEANINE; NEUROPROTECTION; RAT; REPERFUSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLUTAMATES; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; REPERFUSION INJURY; TEA;

EID: 84883743473     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4868     Document Type: Article

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